Slide
Slide Is The Name Given To An Inclined Plane For Facilitating The Descent Of Heavy Bodies By The Force Of Gravity. In General, They Have Been Objects Of No Great Importance; But One Was Lately Erected At Alp Nach, In Switzerland, Which Has Excited Great Interest Throughout Europe. For Many ...
Sligo
Sligo, A County Of Ireland, In The Province Of Connaught, Is Bounded On The East By Leitrim, On The South By Roscommon, On The South-west And West By Mayo, And On The North By Donegal Bay. Its Great Est Length From North To South, From Bunduff To The Curlew Mountains, ...
Slip
Slip, Among Shipbuilders Is Used To Denote A Place With A Gradual Slope On The Banks Of A River, Suited For Shipbuilding. Mr. Thomas Morton, Late Shipbuilder, Leith, Has Given The Same Name To An Apparatus For Hauling Ves Sels Out Of The Water, In Order To Be Repaired. This ...
Smeaton
Smeaton, Jonx, A Celebrated Civil Engineer, Was The Son Of An Attorney, And Was Born At Austhorpe, Near Leeds, On The 28th May 1729. At A Very Early Age He Evinced A Great Passion For Mechanical Pur Suits, And Displayed Much Ingenuity In The Formation Of His Tools, And In ...
Smits Italicus
Smits Italicus. The Cantabrians Having Sought The Alliance Of The Gallicians And Asturians, Ventured To Engage The Roman Army On The Plain Of Vittoria, Where They Were Totally Defeated, And Driven To Their Mountains. Cantaber, Agrippa, Claudi Virtute Neronis Armcnius Eceidit. House!. The Romans Finding Themselves Unable To Conquer The ...
Smollett
Smollett, Tonias, An Eminent Scottish Novel-, Ist And Poet, Was The Son Of Archibald Smollett, The Fourth Son Of Sir James Smollett Of Bonhill. He Was Born At Dalquhurn, Near Renton, In The Parish Of Cardross, Dumbartonshire, In 1721. Smollett Was Educated At The Parish School Of Dum Barton, And ...
Smyrna
Smyrna, A City And Seaport Of Natolia In Asia ,minor, Situated Towards The Northern Part Of A Pen Insula Upon A Long And Winding Gulf Of The Same Name, Which Is Capable Of Containing The Largest Navy In- The World. The Town Is About Lour Miles Round. It Presents A ...
Snow
Snow Is The Name Given To The Watery Vapour In The Upper Region Of The Atmosphere, When Frozen Dur Ing Its Descent To The Earth. Snow Is A Congeries Of An Immense Nt•mber Of Se Parate And Transparent Crystals Of Ice; And Its White Ness Is Owing To The Same ...
Snow Blindness
Snow Blindness Is A Disease To Which The Inha Bitants Of The Arctic Regions Are Subject; Though It Sometimes Occurs In More Southern Climates; It Gene Rally Commences With A Sensation Similar To That Of Sand Or Dust Getting Into The Eyes. A Solution Of Ace Tate Of Lead Is ...
Snow Red
Snow. Red, The Name Given To Snow Of A Red Colour, Which Was Found By Captain Ross At Baffin's Bay On The 17th August 1819. The Mountains That Were Dyed Red With The Snow Wera About Eight Miles Long, And 600 Feet High. The Red Colour Reached To The Ground ...
Snowion
Snowi)on, Is The Name Of A Group Of Lofty Moun Tains In Caernarvonshire. But The Name Is Particu Larly Applied To The Highest Mountain Of The Group, Which, According To The Results Of The Ordinance Survey, Is 3571 Feet Above The Level Of The Sea, 3548.9 Accord Ing To General ...
Soap
Soap Al Re. The Soap Which Is Manu Factured For Domestic Purposes Is A Combination Of The Fixed Alkalies, With Different Kinds Of Fat Or Fixed Oils. The Recent Discoveries Of M. Chevreul Have Thrown Much Light On The Chemical Nature Of Soap. The Fats And Fixed Oils He Has ...
Socrates
Socrates, An Ancient Moral Philosopher Of Dis Tinguished Eminence, Was Born At Alopece A Village Near Athens, B. C. 469. His Father Sophroniscus Was A Statuary, And His Mother Pl,:enarctta A Midwife. Having Lost His Small Patrimony By The Dishonesty Of A Relation, He Pursued His Father's Profession, And Is ...
Solder
Solder Is The Name Of A Metallic Compound, Used To Join Together Other Metals. The Following Are Some Of The Most Important Of The Solders, It Being A General Principle That Some Of The Metals To Be Sol Dered Should Be Mixed With Some Higher And Liner Metals. 1. Solder ...
Solid Angles
Solid Angles. Of The Construction Of Solid Jingles, Consisting Of Any Three Plane ?ingles. In These, Besides The Three Plane Angles, There Are Also To Be Considered The Three Inclinations Of The Planes ; So That In A Solid Angle There Are Six Parts, Any Three Of Which Being Given, ...
Soliman
Soliman Commenced His Reign Under Very Favour Able Circumstances. The Conquest Of Egypt And The Submission Of Persia Enabled Him To Direct His Whole Disposable Force Against The Christians; And An Insult Offered To His Ambassador At The Court Of Hungary, Furnished Him With A Pretext For Imme Diate Operations. ...
Solway
Solway Moss, A Tract Of Land In Cumberland, Celebrated For An Eruption Of A Very Remarkable Kind, Which Is Thus Described By Mr. Gilpin. " Solway Moss Is A Flat Area About Seven Miles In Circumference. The Substance Of It Is A Gross Fluid, Composed Of Mud And The Putrid ...
Somerset
Somerset, County Of The United States In Penn Sylvania, Bounded By Alleghany County In Maryland S., By Fayette County In Pennsylvania Sw., West Moreland Nw., Cambria Ne. And Bedford E. Length From South To North 35, Mean Width 26, And Area 910 Square Miles. Embracing A Large Part Of An ...
Somersetshire
Somersetshire, A Maritime County Of Eng Land, Is Bounded On The North By Gloucestershire And The Bristol Channel, On The East By Wiltshire, On The South-west By Devonshire, And On The South East By Dorsetshire. It Is One Of The Largest Counties In England, Its Greatest Length From East To ...
Sonora
Sonora And Sinaloa, (sonora Y Sinaloa,) No Minally A State Of The Republic Of Mexico, But In Fact An Immense, And Towards The Northern Part, But Im Perfectly Known Section Of North America, Exceeding In Extent The Whole Atlantic Section Of The United States. As Laid Down And Coloured On ...
Sounds Produced By Gases
Gases, Sounds Produced By. In Our Article Aeous Vol. I. We Have Mentioned The Experiments By Dr Chladni, On The Sounds Of Different Degrees Of Acuteness Produced By The Same Organ-pipe, When Blown With Differ Ent Gases, In Appropriate Receivers ; And In Page 115 We Stated That The Number ...
South Americ A
South Americ A, One Of The Great Continental Ex Tensions Of The Earth, And To Which Has Been Given A Very Improper Relative Name, Since Though Confounded Under One General Term, The Two Sections Of The Newly Disco Vered Continent Stand Much More Detached From Each Other Than Do Asia ...
South Ca Rolina
South Ca Rolina, One Of The Original Thirteen United States Of America, Hounded South-east By The At Lantic Ocean, South-west By Georgia, And North And North East By North Carolina. It Has An Ocean Border From Little Inlet To The Mouth Of Savannah River, 185 Miles ; Along S. Annah, ...
South Carolina
Carolina, South, One Of The United States Of America, Is Bounded On The North And Northeast By North Carolina, On The South And South-west By Geor• Gia, And On The East By The Atlantic Ocean; Extending From The 32° To The Of North Latitude, And From The 78° To The ...
Southampton
Southampton, An Ancient Town And Burgh Of England, And Capital Of The County Of Hampshire, Is Pleasantly Situated On A Tongue Of Land Bounded On The South And West By The Large Estuary Called South Ampton Water, And On The East By The River Itchin. The Town Contains Many Handsome ...
Spain In
Spain In Giving A Short Sketch Of Spanish History, It Cannot Be Expected That We Should Enter Into Any Minute Details. Our Limits Would Scarcely Contain A Simple Enumeration, In Chronological Order, Of The Many Important Events Which Have Contributed, At Various Periods, To Influence The Face Of This Country. ...
Spanish And
Spanish And Pontuouusr, Academies. The Royal Spanish Was Establisned At Madrid In 1714. It Was Projected By The Duke D'escalona, And Having Received The Approbation 01 The King, It Was Taken Under His Royal Protection. It Consisted At First Ol Eight Mem Bers, Including The Duke, Who Was Mane President, ...
Spheniscus
Spheniscus, Briss. Tern. Aptenodytes, Lath. Penguin. Bill Shorter Than The Head, Compressed, Very Thick, Srong Hard, Straight, Hooked At The Tip, Obliquely Grooved, Edges Of Both Mandibles Bent Inwards, The Under Covered With Feathers At The Base, And Truncated, Or Obtuse At The Tip ; Nostrils Small, Lateral, Piaccd Near ...
Squalus
Squalus Tricuspid•ns. From Brussels. Squalus Vacca. From Sicily. Squalus Phistodonti:s. Very Common. Squalus Lamia. Common In Malta, In Sicily, Near Verona, At Brussels, Maestricht, Montpellier, Paris, And In England. Snum.us Auotculatus. From Brussels. Poiston.urvs Numus ? Some Sharp Teeth Supposed To Belong To The Snout Of The Saw Fish. Teeth ...
St Andero
Andero, St, Is A Commercial City In Spain, Situated On The North-west Side Of A Spacious Harbour, In The Small Province Of Las Montana De St Ander, Of Which It Is The Capital. It Is A Bishopric, And Has Been Formerly Surrounded By Ancient Walls, Part Of Which Remain.. There ...
St Andrews
Andrews, St, An Ancient Town Of The County Of Fife In Scotland, Formerly The Seat Of The Archbishop, And The Ecclesiastical Metropolis Of The Kingdom. It Stands On The Sea Shore, In North Lat. 56° 19', And West Long. 2° 50', At The Bottom Of The Large Bay Of The ...
St Christophers
Christopher's, St, Or St Kitt's, Is One Of The Leeward West India Islands, And Was Called Lienzuiga, Or The Fertile Island, By The Charaibes, By Whom It Was Possessed When Discovered By Columbus In 14.93, Who Gave It His Own Christian Name. St Christopher's Is Divided Into Nine Parishes, And ...
St Eustatia
Eustatia, St. Is The Name Of One Of The Leeward Caribhee Isles, Belonging To The Dutch. It Is About 29 Miles In Circumference, And Consists Of Two Mountains Forming A Huge Pyramidal Rock Rising Out Of The Sea. The Pyramid Terminates In A Plain Encircled With Woods, And Has A ...
St Gall
Gall, St, Is The Name Of A Town In Switzerland, And The Capital Of A Canton Of The Same Name. It Derives Its Name From The Ancient Abbey Of St Gall, Situated Within The Walls Of The Town. The Town Is Situated Between Two 'mountains, Upon The Small Brook Of ...
St Helena
Helena, St, Generally Ranked By Geographers Among The Islands Of Lower Guinea, Is Situated In 15° 55' South Latitude, And 49' 4e West Longitude From Greenwich. It Is 600 Miles From Ascension Island, The Nearest Land, 1200 From The Coast Of Africa, And Nearly 2000 From That Of America. In ...
St Kilda
Kilda, St. The Name Given To One Of The Western Islands Of Scotland, Is Situated About Twenty Leagues West Ward Of North Uist. Its Exact Position Has Not Been As Certained; But Its Latitude Is About 57y, Aria Its Longitude Somewhat More Than 8°. The Natives Call It Fierst, And ...
St Petersburg
Petersburg, St. The Capital Of The Russian Empire, Is Situated At The Eastern Extremity Of The Gulf Of Finland, At The Mouth Of The River Neva, In 59° 56' 23" Of North Latitude, And 30' 25' East Longitude. It Is Built Partly On Islands Formed By The Neva, An.' Partly ...
St Vincent
Vincent, St., One Of The Caribbee Islands, Is About 40 Miles Long And 10 Broad. The Island Con Tains 84,000 Acres, Which Are Well Watered. The General Aspect Of The Country Is Mountainous And Rugged, The Intermediate Valleys Being Very Fertile, And Consisting Of A Fine Mould Of Sand And ...
St Or Bahia Salvador
Salvador, St. Or Bahia, A Large And Wealthy City Of Brazil, Situated At The Entrance Of All Saint's Bay. The City Consists Of Two Parts, One Built On Low Ground Near The Shore, And Consisting Of Streets Filled With Store Houses, &c., The Other On A High Hill, Which Is ...
Staffa
Staffa, A Small Island In The Hebrides, On The West Coast Of Scotland, Celebrated For Its Grand Cav Erns And Basaltic Columns. It Is Situated In The Parish Of Killniniau And County Of Argyle, About Five Leagues To The West Of Mull, And Three Leagues From Icolm Kill. It Is ...
Stafford
Stafford, A Borough And Market-town Of Eng Land, And Capital Of The County Of The Same Name. It Is Built On The North Bank Of The River Sow, About Three Miles From Where It Joins The Trent. Its Form Is That Of An Irregular Ellipsis, The Greatest Breadth Of Which ...
Staffordshire
Staffordshire, An Inland And Central County Of England. It Is Bounded On The North By Cheshire And Derbyshire, On The East By Leicestershire, On The West By Shropshire, And On The South By Warwick Shire And Worcestershire. Its Figure Is That Of An Oblong, Extending From North To South. Its ...
Staggers
Staggers Is The Farrier's Appellation For The Dis Orders Of The Brain; And Observation (which, So Far As It Goes, Is Accurate) Has Led Them To Make A Di Vision Of The Disease Into Two Stages, Distinguished By The Phrases Sleepy And Mad Staggers. The Lethargic State, Denoted Sleepy Staggers, ...
Stamford Or Stanford
Stamford Or Stanford, A Town Of England In The County Of Lincoln, Is Situated On The Slope Of A Hill On The Banks Of The River Welland, Which Is Cross Ed By A Narrow And Ancient Stone Bridge. The Town Is Built In The Form Of A Cross, Its Principal ...
Statistical Account Of Egypt
Statistical Account Of Egypt. Egypt Is A Part Of Africa, Being Included Within The Same Natural Division Of The Globe; But, From Its Particular Situation, And The Importance Which It Once Held In The Scale Of Nations, It Is Generally Described In A More Independent And Particular Manner. It Is ...